diff -U 2 -r MySQL-python-1.2.0/MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py MySQL-python-1.2.0-fix-5/MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py
--- MySQL-python-1.2.0/MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py	2005-01-05 03:40:19.000000000 +0000
+++ MySQL-python-1.2.0-fix-5/MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py	2006-01-05 21:53:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@
 YEAR = 13
 NEWDATE = 14
+NEWDECIMAL = 246
 ENUM = 247
 SET = 248
diff -U 2 -r MySQL-python-1.2.0/MySQLdb/converters.py MySQL-python-1.2.0-fix-5/MySQLdb/converters.py
--- MySQL-python-1.2.0/MySQLdb/converters.py	2005-01-21 02:39:22.000000000 +0000
+++ MySQL-python-1.2.0-fix-5/MySQLdb/converters.py	2006-01-05 22:24:02.000000000 +0000
@@ -129,4 +129,5 @@
     FIELD_TYPE.DOUBLE: float,
     FIELD_TYPE.DECIMAL: float,
+    FIELD_TYPE.NEWDECIMAL: float,
     FIELD_TYPE.LONGLONG: long,
     FIELD_TYPE.INT24: int,
@@ -146,4 +147,5 @@
     from decimal import Decimal
     conversions[FIELD_TYPE.DECIMAL] = Decimal
+    conversions[FIELD_TYPE.NEWDECIMAL] = Decimal
 except ImportError:
     pass